US Air Force

9 ranks

Airman Basic

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Airman Basic is the Air Force starting grade, worn without stripes through basic military training at Lackland and typically into ...

Senior Airman

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Senior Airman wears three chevrons and marks the top of the junior enlisted ladder in the Air Force, which unlike the Army does no...

Technical Sergeant

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Technical Sergeant wears five chevrons with a star device and supervises maintenance shops, flight sections, and cyber flights, re...

Master Sergeant (USAF)

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Air Force Master Sergeant wears chevrons with star devices denoting senior NCO grade and serves as superintendent of shops, flight...

Chief Master Sergeant

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Chief Master Sergeant wears the E-9 chevrons with a wreathed star device in the center and is the senior enlisted leader of wings,...

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

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The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, CMSAF, wears a distinctive wreathed insignia and advises the Chief of Staff and Secret...

General of the Air Force

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General of the Air Force was created in 1949 for Henry Hap Arnold, who had commanded the Army Air Forces through World War Two as ...

Airman First Class

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Airman First Class, abbreviated A1C, wears two chevrons with a star in the center, between the single chevron of Airman and the th...

Senior Master Sergeant

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Senior Master Sergeant wears five chevrons pointing down and two pointing up, with a star in the center. The grade was created, to...